Yeah just hit 36,000 miles today, since I dont have warranty on the car I want twin turbo, yeah and I know a couple people had blown motors due to bad tuning or just about anything. If I get the aps twin turbo and im just asking for opinions not suggestions will my car last me a long time? its going to be my daily driving car for work and school.

 

Super/turbo/nitrous over stress components and reduces the full functional life of components...............some have said they have 50k since modding.

There is no sure way to calculate the decrease in life per component or psi boost.

Work and school daily driver often doesn't compute well with serious mods.

 

You can also go to the dealer and get an extended warranty up to 4 year or 100k for about 2k. As far as FI and it being a daily driver you will have to spend some cash if you want a trouble free reliable ride and even then sometimes things dont go as planned.

 

If you want hassle-free, reliable daily drivability you might want to consider Stillen SC... That’s what I'm thinking of doing when my factory warranty runs out.

TT will be much more high-maintenance… but also much more power. If you track often, TT would be the ticket. Since I track only occasionally and want functional reliable daily driver Stillen SC is the choice for me.

 

If you are mechanically inclined go for it.......I say this because there are alwsys little things to deal with when you go FI.

For example, everything has been great on my Greddy TT kit for about 2000 miles. Well,.......................yesterday, I noticed a small amoumt of red fluid under the car. I jacked the car up, and wnet under......It turned out that one of the power steering hard lines was rubbing against the passnegers side turbo compressor. It had created a pin hole sized leak in the pipe, and I'm sure it was on its way to getting bigger. So last night, I pulled the pipe out (about an hours worth of labor and alot of mess) and today I had a shop weld it up......then, I had to put it back together.

All in all, If you weren't mechanically inclined, it would have cost a few hundred bucks to get fixed plus a tow to a shop (maybe.) Fortunately, I make my own schedules so I didn't miss work.
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This is just an example of little things that happen for one reason or another.

 

You drive a G right? I thought they gave a 4yr/60,000mi warranty?? Thats what I got

 

seriously if you plan on doing something serious like this to the car. you might want to put aside a couple thousand and get a budge daily driver. I just better for thye G, so it doesn't go through the stress of stop and go.

 

Sorry but I don't agree. I had a Stillen for almost a year and spent more time on it than I have with my Greddy in the last 4 months. Once a TT kit is done you just change the oil and keep an eye on everything, with a SC you do the same except you also need to deal with belts.

 

Stop and go with FI is the same as stop and go with NA. If you race from light to light FI will be harder but if you drive normal and get on it from time to time you are just fine with a DD. I have had almost 20k of boosted miles on my stock block, most of which are a Stillen stage 4 or Greddy TT.

 

wow.. alot of good points here...

 

You are the first I have ever read or heard state that turbo is less maintenance that Stillen SC. The belt issue for Stillen has been rectified with a 6-rib belt from what I understand.

 

FI is the way to go!

 

Yikes! You'd have thought when they installed the compressor, they would've noticed that? Are the clearances really that tight? If so, how to prevent in the future?

 

What is the extra maintenance with a turbo? I change my oil and drive. In the beginning there is extra work to make sure all your boost tubes are on well, lines are clear of the turbos, etc. Once that is done, you are good to go.

With the extra heat of a SC you will go through belts faster. The Stillen will always require belt maintenance, not just the small 6-rib but the other two as well. Trust me, I had one.

Since I have been on here and my350z I have heard people talking about all the maintenance of a turbo but never anyone saying what that actually is.

 

The 6 rib belt came with my stillen kit. I haven't had any issues with it so far. But, it is a belt, and will need to be replaced at some point, sooner or later.